Figure 1
Flowchart of study participants. The inclusion of participants. 101,150 participants were assessed for eligibility in the original study. We excluded participants less than 45 years old (N = 22,512), eGFR ≥ 60mL/min per 1.73 m2 and proteinuria negative (N = 56,379), missing or invalid baseline data (N = 630), previous dialysis or transplant (N = 42), missed LDL-C (n = 303), missed HDL-C (n = 2), unreasonable abnormal values of LDL-C/HDL-C (n = 191). The final analysis included 20,191 subjects in the present study.
